Expansion
One Peak backs DataGuard with $20m investment
GP has taken a significant minority stake in the Germany-based data privacy software provider
Jerusalem Venture leads $25m series-C for Pyramid Analytics
Investment brings the total funding raised by Pyramid Analytics to $66.5m
Investors participate in $34m series-B for SoftIron
Founded in 2012, SoftIron designs and builds purpose-built data-centre appliances
Accel in $20m series-B for Humio
US-based Accel is currently investing from its London VI vehicle, which closed on $575m
Halder buys Sirag, Univer and Uniprod
Add-ons to the portfolio companies and Drumag and EPH will expand the buy-and-build Valeta Group
Argos-backed Factum buys AGL Services
Deal is part of Factum's aggregation strategy and follows two bolt-ons inked in January 2019
Consortium backs £100m round for Cazoo
Online car buying marketplace was backed by investors including DMG Ventures and Eight Roads
BayBG backs round for EverReal
Seed round extension follows the first round in November 2019, backed by HTGF and Seed X
Capricorn Partners, Novax back Prolupin
Existing investors Munich Venture Partners and eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners also participate
BGF leads £9m investment in Localised Group, Retail Services
As part of the deal, John Davison joins both companies as non-executive director
RTP Global et al. back €18.5m round for Penta
Existing investor HV Holtzbrinck co-led the round for the Germany-based banking platform
CBPE sells SpaMedica to Nordic Capital-backed Ober Scharrer
Nordic Capital is currently investing from its ninth fund, Nordic Capital IX, which closed on €4.3bn
LDC invests £11m in James and James Fulfilment
LDC's Chris Baker and Lawrence Dean will join the company board as non-executive directors
United Ventures leads €3m series-A for Fiscozen
United Ventures deploys capital from its €120m UV2 fund, which targets disruptive technology startups
BlackFin, MTech in €8m series-A for Akur8
Round for the French insurance technology business brings Akur8's total funding to date to €10m
Rockpool invests in MomentumABM
Rockpool is a growth equity investor that invests in profitable UK-based companies
PE-backed Tinubu acquires eSurety
Long Arc Capital and BPI France inject an additional €15m to finance the transaction
Mobeus leads £3.5m round for Bella & Duke
Mobeus investment executive Joshua Henshaw will join the board of Bella & Duke
GED’s Envases Soplados buys Espaçoplas
Company intends to consolidate its presence in Iberia and create a platform in the PET bottle market
Summit backs Viroclinics Biosciences
Summit Partners managing director Thomas Tarnowski has joined the Viroclinics board of directors
FPE-backed Optimity acquires Pebble IT
Optimity makes the acquisition using a mix of new equity from FPE and debt from Clydesdale
Consortium in €50m series-B for MWM
Company will use the fresh capital to double its workforce by the end of the year
GA leads $130m series-B for Immunocore
Five existing investors, including Eli Lilly and RTW Investments, take part in the round
Draper Esprit leads $83m round for Thought Machine
Based in London and with an office in Singapore, Thought Machine employs around 80 people